Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread

Made this at a chili cook-off and won 1st prize! It's so moist and yummy and goes wonderful with chili!

I doubled this recipe and put it in a 9x13 pan. Recipe comes from allrecipes.com. 

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease an 8 inch square pan (preferably with butter). 

2. Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan. 

3. Bake in the preheated over for 30-40 mins, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.